The first and only resume-writing handbook designed expressly for secretaries and other office workers, this savvy guide shows you how to use leading-edge strategies to sell yuor special skills, talents, and achievements in a polished, powerful resume that will dazzle employers. Best of all, you'll learn how to beat the competition with a trageted resume that zeroes in on a prospective employer's exact needs. Loaded with precise details, samples, and examples, it reveals how to hook an employer's interest in the first few lines; enhance all job descriptions with powerful, professional wording, transform even menial job tasks into impressive information; discover and showcase skills and achievements you never even knew you had; customize your resume to specific job positions, write a dynamite cover letter; and much more.
By:
Rachel Lefkowitz
Imprint: McGraw-Hill Professional
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 274mm,
Width: 213mm,
Spine: 14mm
Weight: 527g
ISBN: 9780070371026
ISBN 10: 0070371024
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 16 April 1997
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface.Acknowledgements.Introduction--how to make your resume stand out from all the rest.Basic resume format--fundamentals you need to get started.The introductory sections--hook an employer in the first few lines of your resume.Job History--give yours an incredible professional polish.Education and training--how to present yours best.Technical skills and special abilities--dazzle an employer with a showcase of your skills.The end sections--hang in there, you're almost done.New grads, career changers, and all types of special situations--how to conquer your resume problems and beat the competition.From mediocre to magnificent--sixteen sample resumes transformed.Preparing the final draft.The cover letter--preparing your dynamite resume companion.Simply divine and ready to go--what to do with your resume package.Conclusion--updating your resume--now and in the future.Appendix--your guide to professional associations.Index.
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